Handsaw filing guide



June 3, 1947.

J. H. SPEED 2,421,657 I HAND SAW FILING GUIDE Filed April 22, 1946 lNVEN TOR JAMES H SPEED ATTORNEY Patented June 3, 1947 I PATENT" cation 1 -HAND$1AW I G QUIDE James-.11; Speed, Portland, Or ega, assig-nor to Speed Corporation, a corporation of oregon pp c i n p i 2 .Ser a1 $a 564 09 2 Claims. (CI. "16-36) 1" t This invention relates-to saw-filers and is parthis guide is ofiset at B to avoid the teeth i li. of ticularly adapted to be used forthe filing of hand the saw when moved along the same; A spring saws and he likeclamp: -isme htedit the. clamping suitable The primary object of the invention is to proraste ine a riv ts vide a-file holder and guide that can be slidably 5 Fingers S-H'bearagainst the side oi'the SfiW'OQ: clamped to thetoothed edged the saw mainposite tothe guide 5, s aidgfingers being deoi taining the-"file at a predetermined angle to the springmaterial and-forming partithe spring saw whilefi'lingtheteeth. clamp "l, The clamplis soofiset as to avoidcon- A further object of the invention is toprovide tacting the teeth; 4, bestillustrated in; Figure 3, afilaholden and guide for filingthe teeth ot-a 10 A. head; I0 is pivotally mounted totheelamp saw by" hand, said device'maintaining the file at I around theboss II which forms part-pf the apredetermined angle to the saw; clamp and extends upwardly therefrom; j The A still further object of the invention is the head has a hole 12 formed within the base porprovision of a clamp provided with a spring tention l3 for encircling the boss Ii. This assembly sion for maintaining the device to the saw by 15 is held in place by t e locking Scre H i h is frictional engagement, the said clamp havin a cinched against the upper end of the boss H,

rotatable head pivotally mounted thereon providsufficient clearance bein allowed under the ing a guide for the file holder. washer 5 to permit the rotation of the head I0 Another object of th invention is th pro.. thereunder. The head I0 is maintained at a vision of a file holder that can be adj t for number of desired locations around the boss II the length of any file and that will permit the by t e action of the b l 6 engaging the dep sfile to be rotated about its axis and held in any sions l 1 formed on the upper u f f the Cla p desired position. I. The ball is maintained within these depres- These and other incidental objects will be apsions by the action of the rubber cushion l8. A parent in the drawings, specification and claims. Spring y be used instead of this rubber Cushion, Referring to the drawings: the purpose of the same being to maintain the Figure 1 is a plan view of my new and improved ball within the dep On l 7 d holding the hand saw filing guide applied to a fragment of head I 0 at any fixed angle relative to the clamp l. a saw. Working freely through the head H) is a guide Figure 2 is a sectional view of the guide taken rod l9 upon which is mounted two arms 20 and on line 2-2 of Figure 1 illustrating h w th 2|. These arms hold the file 22 and they are adclamp is applied to the saw and how the file is j b along e guide r001 l9 and locked at y guided through the teeth. desired position by the set screws 23. The arm Figure 3 is an end sectional view f th w 20 holds the handle 24, the handle 24 has a ferrule having m file guide mount ther d t k 25 fitted to its end 26. This ferrule is held within on line 33 of Figure 1. the arm 20 by the set screw 21. The file is driven Figure 4 is a plan view of the clamp with a into the handle at 28 similar to a regular file hanfragment of the file guide mounted therein. dle, the arm 2| is then adjusted along the guide Figure 5 is a sectional view taken through the rod 19 so that the end 29 of the file enters the line 5-5 of Figure 4 made to illustrate how the Socket 30 0f t e ar 2| ol i the e in e guide is pivotally mounted to the clamp. with this arm.

Figure 6 is a sectional plan view taken on line I will now describe the operation of my new 6@ of Figure 5 looking down on the clamp. and improved hand saw filing guide. The clamp Figure 7 is an inverted plan View of Figure 6 l is mounted on the tooth side of the saw. The illustrating the principle of the clamp. fingers 9 of the spring assembly I and the guide Figure 8 is a fragmentary view of the file holder bar 5 of the clamp maintains the clamp in fricpartially broken away for convenience of illustional engagement with the saw, this friction tration. being sufficient to hold the same against move- In the drawings: ment until positively moved by the operator. The

My new and improved file guide consists of a head N) is then rotated about the boss ll of the clamp I to be mounted upon the saW 2, the clamp to the desired angle, as for instance that underside 3 contacting the points 4 of the teeth shown in Figure 1. The ball I6 locking and holdof the saw. A guide bar 5 extends from the ing the same at this angle.

G p base I at right gles and contacts the In the filing of the saw the operator takes a side of the saw 2, best illustrated in Figure 3 hold of the handle 24 and the guide rod IS in 3 the neighborhood of the arm 2| and forces the file through across the teeth, which will be the angle relative to the teeth being filed, or to the angle that it is intended to shape the teeth. After the tooth has been filed the operator pushes the clamp along the saw to the next tooth to be filed. When he comes to the end of the saw, the file 22 and the arms 20 and 2| can be revolved to the opposite side of the clamp, the set screw 21 being loosened allowing the file handle to be rotated so as to bring the proper edge of the file in contact with the teeth. It can be seen from the above description that the device permits angle adjustment relative to the center line of the saw and at the same time it allows the file guide to be rotated 90 degrees, or to the opposite side of the clamp in the filing operation.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact structure as other mechanical equivalents may be sub-' stituted still coming within the scope of my claims.

What I claim is:

1. A saw filing device, comprising a. clamp, said clamp comprising a plate having a depending fixed rib to engage one face of a saw, a resilient element located opposite the rib and secured to the plate, the resilient element having its ends bowed toward the saw face to engage the opposite face of the saw, a guidepivoted to the top of the plate, said guide formed with an opening, a ballin the opening, aresilient element engaging the ball to press it toward the plate, a series of depressions 4 formed in the plate to receive the ball, whereby to hold the guide in adjusted position, a file carrying frame including a rod which passes through the guide, and means on the frame for carrying a file parallel with the rod and guide.

2. A saw filing device, comprising a clamp, said clamp including a top plate to fit over the edges of the saw teeth, an integral rib depending from the plate and having an inclined face to avoid the saw teeth and a fiat'surface to engage one face of the saw below the teeth, a resilient element opposite the rib, said element having itsends bowed toward the saw, said bowed ends engaging the opposite face of the saw, an adjustably mounted guide mounted on the plate, and a file carrying frame reciprocally mounted in the uide.

JAMES H. SPEED.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Woodbury et a1 Jan. 25, 1944 

